Changing trends of blindness, visual impairment and cataract surgery in Bhutan: 2009-2018.

Changing trends of blindness, visual impairment and cataract surgery in Bhutan: 2009-2018.

<h4>Purpose</h4>To obtain new rapid assessment of avoidable blindness (RAAB) data on the prevalence, causes and trends of blindness, visual impairment and cataract surgery; and compare the new 2018 data with the older RAAB 2009 data.<h4>Methodology</h4>The second nationwide R...

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Main Authors:	Nor Tshering Lepcha, Indra Prasad Sharma, Yuddha Dhoj Sapkota, Taraprasad Das, Tshering Phuntsho, Ngawang Tenzin, Bindiganavale Ramaswamy Shamanna, Sonam Peldon
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216398

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